Pacific Palisades in California

11 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  6 minutes

Riviera Country Club - Golf Course © flickr.com - Dan Perry/cc-by-2.0

Riviera Country Club – Golf Course © flickr.com – Dan Perry/cc-by-2.0

Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California, situated about 20 miles (32 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles.   read more…

Rose Parade in Pasadena

1 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  4 minutes

2010: A Cut Above the Rest float © flickr.com - Prayitno/cc-by-2.0

2010: A Cut Above the Rest float © flickr.com – Prayitno/cc-by-2.0

The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade (or simply the Tournament of Roses), is an annual parade held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, United States, on New Year’s Day (or on Monday, January 2 if New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday).   read more…

Googie architecture

19 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  6 minutes

McDonalds in Saugus, Massachusetts © Anthony92931/cc-by-sa-3.0

McDonalds in Saugus, Massachusetts © Anthony92931/cc-by-sa-3.0

Googie architecture is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s.   read more…

Burbank in California, Media Capital of the World

24 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  7 minutes

Walt Disney Studios Alameda Entrance © Coolcaesar/cc-by-sa-4.0

Walt Disney Studios Alameda Entrance © Coolcaesar/cc-by-sa-4.0

Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section.   read more…

In-N-Out Burger

19 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area, Bon appétit Reading Time:  7 minutes

Cheeseburgers © flickr.com - Jef Poskanzer/cc-by-2.0

Cheeseburgers © flickr.com – Jef Poskanzer/cc-by-2.0

In-N-Out Burgers, doing business as In-N-Out Burger, is an American regional chain of fast food restaurants with locations primarily in California and to a lesser extent the Southwest from Oregon to Texas. It was founded in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948 by Harry (1913–1976) and Esther Snyder (1920–2006). The chain is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has expanded outside Southern California into the rest of California, as well as into Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and Idaho, and is planning expansions into New Mexico and Tennessee. The current owner is Lynsi Snyder, the Snyders’ only grandchild.   read more…

Oxnard in Ventura County

16 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  8 minutes

Silver Strand Beach © Niceley/cc-by-sa-4.0

Silver Strand Beach © Niceley/cc-by-sa-4.0

Oxnard is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California, United States. On California’s Central Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the 22nd-most-populous city in California. Incorporated in 1903, Oxnard lies approximately 60 miles (97 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.   read more…

Pride Month

1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Berlin, French Riviera, Greater Los Angeles Area, Hamburg, London, Miami / South Florida, New York City, Paris / Île-de-France, San Francisco Bay Area Reading Time:  9 minutes

2018 San Francisco Pride Parade down Market Street © Samuel Wantman/cc-by-sa-4.0

2018 San Francisco Pride Parade down Market Street © Samuel Wantman/cc-by-sa-4.0

LGBT Pride Month is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride. Pride Month began after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread outside of the United States. Modern-day Pride Month both honors the movement for LGBT rights and celebrates LGBT culture.   read more…

University of California, Los Angeles

31 May 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  8 minutes

Powell Library © Beyond My Ken/cc-by-sa-4.0

Powell Library © Beyond My Ken/cc-by-sa-4.0

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley.   read more…

Ventura in California

1 May 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  8 minutes

Sunset © flickr.com - Jeff Turner/cc-by-2.0

Sunset © flickr.com – Jeff Turner/cc-by-2.0

Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for “Saint Bonaventure“), is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 110,763 at the 2020 census. Ventura is a popular tourist destination, owing to its historic landmarks, beaches, and resorts.   read more…

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